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SLEEVE BUTTON.

No. 273,844. Patented Mar. 13,1883.

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UNITED TATES PATENT @rrrca.

STEPHEN C. HOWARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SLEEVEQBU'TTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,844, dated March13,1883.

Application filed January 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN (J. HOWARD, of New York, in the county ofNew York and the State of New York, have invented a certain new andusefullmprovement in Sleeve- Buttons, of which the following is aspecificatlon.

The object of my improvement is to produce a sleeve-button, at thelowest possible price, with an ornamental front plate or head and a backplate or shoe, which will not readily deteriorate from contact with theperson of the wearer.

The accompanying drawing is a greatlymagnified transverse section of asleeve-button embodying my improvement.

Ibis sleeve-button consists of a front plate or head, A, a post, 13, anda shoe, 0, hinged to the post. The mechanical construction of theseveral parts is immaterial, so far as the presentimprovementisconcerned, but may be of any approved style permitting of the adjustmentof the back plate or shoe into a position parallel with the post tofacilitate its insertion through a button-hole, and of its adjustmentinto a position transverse to the button-hole to prevent its withdrawalfrom the button-hole.

The shoe comprises a shell, (1, which receives pivots 1), arranged onthe post, and an outer shell, 0, extending over the pivots b andfastened to the shell (6 by having its edges bent over the same. Whenthe button is in use the outer shell, 0, of the shoe is liable tocontact with the wrist of the wearer, and hence is frequently subjectedto the action of perspiration from the wrist. For this reason it is aptto become quickly deteriorated, unless provided with a thick surface ofgold. 'Itwill be observed that this outer shell, 0, has no sharp edges,because of the mode of fastening it to the shell to by turning over itsedges. Owing to this feature it can advantageously be made of rolledplate, and when made of this material it will be well adapted to resistthe action of perspiration. By rolled plate 1 mean a thin plate of goldsoldered to a plate of brass and rolled out thin.

The front plate or head consists essentially of a metal frame, d, and astone, e, real or artificial, secured therein. The frame (Z has a sharpangle at the junction of the outer poi tion with the side orcircumferential portion. For this reason it is difficult to make theframe of rolled plate without cracking the frame at the angle. Besides,itis unnecessary to make the irame of so costly a material as rolledplate, as it is not subject to such rapid deterioration as the shoe. Itherefore make the frame of brass or other like material and gild it byelectroplating, or preferably by the process known as fire-gilding.

The back of the front plate or head, the post, and the shell act theshoemay be gilded by electroplating.

In this way I produce a handsome button, which is apt to wear at allparts for the same length ot'tiine. and is much cheaper than a buttonhaving all its metal parts made of rolled plate would be.

Although I have only shown this improvement embodied in a sleeve-buttonhaving a hinged shoe and a front plate or head pro vided with a stone, Iintend to embody the llllprovement in sleeve-buttons of all styles.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a sleeve-button, the frontplate or head composed of metal which is lire-gilded or electroplated,and the back or outer shell of the shoe made of tolled gold,substantially as set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a sleeve-button, the metalpart of the front plate or head composed of fire-gilded metal, the backpart of the trout plate or head and the post and shell of the shoe nextthe post, of electroplated metal, and the outer or back plate of theshoe composed of rolled-gold plate, substan tially as shown anddescribed.

S. C. HOWARD.

Vitnesses: T. J. KEANE, JAMES R. BOWEN.

